Are you really prepared to take every single vaccine

[Talsaml]

It worries me that we may have to keep having vaccines going forward. I’m due my booster which I will take but I’m hearing that AZ are in the process of tweaking the current vaccine to combat the new strain. So we are then required to take another booster. Many variants can crop up, suppose another one does very soon. I’m concerned about the number of vaccines we could be taking. Is anyone else? And no I’m not an anti vaxer.

@ktel1I hear ya!

[quote NC180]@DaisyandSimeon you do know you can still infect your parents having had the vaccine right? It doesn't stop you getting it and spreading it. I have many friends recently locked down from catching Covid from vaccinated friends they have been in contact with. Vaccinated people ares still spreading it. The only way to truly stop your parents getting covid is to put them in a glass house and never visit.[/quote]
It doesn't stop it, no, but it reduces the risk of passing it on, as vaccinated people have a lower viral load.
It also reduces the risk of you catching it, in which case you also can't pass it on.
So it doesn't get passed on as much.

Sorry, but it is totally beyond belief to me that someone could have had anything even similar to medical traiining and not understand this.

Have a good evening and stay healthy.

Yes, I’ll take vaccines if they are offered. I will also continue to reduce my risk in all other areas by maintaining a healthy weight, good diet and exercising. If I do become ill I don’t want to be regretting not having done all I could to avoid it.

People have forgotten about the horrors of Polio and other illnesses. People now can’t remember the devastation that these illnesses caused and don’t realise how incredible vaccines are now. I see vaccines as a) being part of a community who I want to protect and b) a wonderful wonderful miracle of medicine which I am privaledged to take. Obviously there are those who can’t take the vaccine and thats different but why don’t people realise we have a duty to one and other? When people say they want to see how it affects others, all that tells me is that you care more about yourself. I choose to trust professionals.

I'd take a vaccine every week if it stopped me feeling as bad as I did in March 2020. But I guess if COVID is mild for you you might not feel the same.

Bring it on, I’ll take whatever vaccines the JVCI deem advisable, because I am not an idiot.

Who are you calling an idiot? May be check why you need to insult people who choose different based on facts. May be you are the idiot.

Yes. Why wouldn’t I? I have a flu vaccine every year. I have had all my childhood vaccines. I have had Hep B vaccines for work. I have had vaccines for travel to various countries as advised.

@Valhalla17

Those that say " well I take the flu jab every year"....I assume that's because you're vulnerable or have an underlying condition that requires it...and I expect the same for Covid vaccines and boosters. Every single man, woman and child does not require this. Its beyond ridiculous.

Well, I suppose being in your 60s is vulnerable...

All injections seem to give me a really sore arm and I hate them. But I'll take the vaccines

Why on earth wouldn't you?

I missed my rubella one at school.. then got rubella>

Diptheria, Polio... not to mention COVID.

I had my booster shot yesterday; feel a bit crap today but I'd much rather that than have COVID. People seem to have forgotten that it can kill you. I lost one friend to it and another who survived is now registered as disabled. This disease is deadly and life changing.

@Aposterhasnoname

Bring it on, I’ll take whatever vaccines the JVCI deem advisable, because I am not an idiot.

Yet they've advised not to vaccinate kids but people are so there's idiots all around us I guess.

As long as the evidence exists that vaccines are beneficial then I will take whatever I can get. Had my booster and suspect I may have to get another next winter. But I do know quite a lot about what covid can do to your body even if it doesnt kill you - the latest suggestion being it may age your brain. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.11.24.21266779v1

80% of those serious ill with covid are overweight/obese
Also many others taking up non covid health resources have illnesses related to obesity
It is absolutely relevant. I don't know why people are in denial about this simple fact

I didn't know about the 80%, but last time I looked it was said that 60% of the UK population are now overweight or obese, so I guess that's a lot of potential for denial

It's true that it doesn't cause a sudden influx of inpatients - it's more drip-drip than that - but that doesn't alter the fact it's causing a lot of full beds and financial damage to the NHS

@Talsaml

I think I will have to see what happens in regards to the new variant before I decide what I do next. 3 vaccines in one year is a lot then a potential 4th.

I'm really not seeing three vaccines in one year as a lot, especially when compared to the schedule for childhood vaccines.

Yet they've advised not to vaccinate kids but people are so there's idiots all around us I guess.

Ah, the mysterious ‘they’

Yes. I had Novavax on the test trial. Now I'm getting Pfeizer and will get booster when due. Anything going.

@Viviennemary

I had the booster and had a horrific headache and was extremely tired and very very sore arm. The way I feel at the moment is no more vaccines for me.

Seriously? A headache and a sore arm not acceptable to reduce your (admittedly low) risk of a miserable death?

@DismantledKing no mystery. The comment I replied to was referring to the JCVI so the "they" is clearly them.

seb342

It was very clear who you were referring to

None so blind and all that...

@ErrolTheDragon

Powerful article...

@Whyevencare

If you read that and still want to "take your chances" I'd suggest you need to see a psychiatrist for your proclivity to make utterly irrational and self-destructive decisions.

I get the flu vaccine every year, I see this as no different.

@ravenmum I won't get into a debate as to whether your statement is properly backed by research or not yet, but reduced risk isn't the same as no risk. You're still putting people you're mixing with at risk if vaccinated.

@Lillith111 vaccines eradicated polio in one dose in most cases. Vaccines are not eradicating Covid, cases are incredibly high amongst vaccinated people.

No. I've had 2 doses of AZ. I'd consider a third dose of AZ, or possibly something else like Novavax. I'm not comfortable with mRNA vaccines at this point. I may change my mind a few years down the line, but at the moment I don't believe there's enough long-term data.

I also had period issues caused by the AZ vaccine which were dismissed as me not knowing my own cycle- despite it having been regular and consistent for 15+ years. So I'm not convinced that any further side-effects I might have would be taken seriously.

Other people may weigh things up differently and make different choices, and I have no problem with that. The government are always going to make decisions on a population level, as they should (although I've yet to see an actual justification for limiting boosters to mRNA only, the online FAQs I've seen are all 'why can't I have AZ?' 'because the government wants everyone to have mRNA'). Ultimately, it's up to us to decide what we're happy with as individuals, based on individual circumstances.

@Valhalla17 totally agree with you. Why vaccinate children against something that poses barely any risk at all to them without completely understanding the long terms side effects. (Which we do not yet as we only have a year of data). No Dr has a crystal ball. No Dr can say with absolute certainty that this vaccine won't cause future serious harm. We won't know what the consequences of vaccinating healthy individuals at very low risk for several years to come. I'd vaccinate my child against a disease that was going to cause them certain death or definite very serious illness if they caught it, but not against something that is barely a risk at all, certainly not without much more data.

@GreenFingersWouldBeHandy you get a Rubella shot, you most likely will never get Rubella. It works. You get a Covid shot, you are still very able to get covid, even from other vaccinated people.My vaccinated friends are catching it from eachother left right and centre and vaccinate people are still dying. It isn't working. Keep getting those shots if it makes you feel safer, of course. Just don't compare it to curing Rubella and Polio, it's totally not the same. Vaccines eradicated those diseases, vaccines are not eradicating Covid.